Random Rants ': No, YOUR thread titles suck!

[Takhisis]

Perf, did you just get inflicted with the one that looks like apricot juice splattered all over the page?

 

[gay_Aleks]

There's skins other than DarkBlue?

Ehh?

 

[Snerk]

I just tried DarkBlue and it feels like my eyes just got raped.

 

[gay_Aleks]

It's just that your eyes aren't worthy of its bluey glory

 

[Snerk]

That'll never hold in court.

 

[gay_Aleks]

Not if we're in the blue court.

 

[Snerk]

.

 

[Tani Coyote]

So, I had a conversation with a friend, who is generally very interested in politics. I asked his alignment.

He said he doesn't really like labels, but he felt "socialist" was good. I, naturally, proceeded to ask what kind, since there are so many varieties of socialism.

Unsure, he said that whatever kind I am, probably. So I proceeded to explain in less than 140 characters that I'm a mixed market socialist, as in I believe in worker-owned businesses, with a welfare state to smooth over any issues that arise.

He proceeded to respond with "whatever, I don't feel like talking about this."

I'm just... why respond in the first place? Why invite discussion if you're just going to throw a fit? It sounded like you were legitimately interested in an intelligent exchange of ideas, and you're going to "whatever" me? That's an excellent way to sour your standing with me. If you're not interested, that's okay, but tell me up front so I don't waste my time on you.

I always thought of him as a fairly intelligent individual, but I can't help but feel his left-wing views are motivated by emotion rather than reason and knowledge if he's unable to have a deeper discussion. While his views are convenient to my agenda, I just don't like when viewpoints aren't based in study, reasoning, etc. Critical thinking is important if we are to successfully pursue the truth.

Frankly, it reminds me of the time I convinced a creationist of evolution's existence, just by avoiding the term "evolution." It speaks to a serious lack of deeper understanding of the issue on their part.

 

[thecrazyscot]

I just don't like when viewpoints aren't based in study, reasoning, etc. Critical thinking is important if we are to successfully pursue the truth.

It's sad...I'd say the vast majority of people don't critically analyze their own beliefs. Critical thought is the exception, not the rule

 

[Takhisis]

That's the whole point of their being beliefs.

 

[thecrazyscot]

Everything anyone stands by is a belief.

 

[Takhisis]

I could get into sophistry and point out that I can stand by the traffic light instead of jaywalking, and that the semaphore is not a belief but a physical object. But I totally won't.

 

[thecrazyscot]

Well you got me there, even though you didn't point it out

 

[Takhisis]

I certainly didn't.

 

[Snerk]

I don't believe in traffic lights.

 

[JohannaK]

Rant: I completely missed the new rants thread when the last one got archived.

 

[Kyriakos]

Attack on Titan has the stupidest dialogue, and apparently the writers don't know any other way to end virtually any dialogue sequence than by having one of the characters look startled.

Metagnosis: wasted time.

 

[JohannaK]

Attack on Titan looks really cool but is really obnoxious.

 

[Kyriakos]

Well, yes...

A waste of the potentially threatening overall premise (titans attacking; humanity reduced to a small walled domain). Characters are small kids and speak platitudes, which still make them get startled so as to end yet another dialogue sequence.

Not seeing why they are german, either. Germany. Japan. What possible connection can there be?

 

[danjuno]

Everything has been pissing me off the last few days.